[Closed] So my new Canyon Clown bike turned up.....

Change gear man for god sake!

😆

Fantastic.

Bit dodgy clamping the TT there ain't it?

Nice bike BTW. How did you make the work stand disappear in the 2nd photo?

Change cables to white ones, and tool shed / storage area waaaaaahhhy too tidy 😯

It's a great bike tho'

Bit dodgy clamping the TT there ain't it?

work stand is attached to the door - open the door, put it on the latch, pull down the work stand... 😀 was fine on my other bikes - but because its a bit close to the house so i have to squeeze around teh back of the bike. May have to clamp around the seat post now.

def wont change to white cables - far to bling for me....

Also the white 'Canyon' decal under the down tube is a huge piece of protection tape - very nice bit of detail.

Great bike, brilliant spec and definately one of the nicest looking 29ers out there imo 😀

Git, I ordered mine in Jan and it's hasn't been dispatched yet 🙁
Due next week apparently 😀
Edit: Double git I notice your in Bristol too so I won't be the only person with one here 😉
What size is yours?

what size? medium?

I like that looks nice.

I nearly bought one of those Ritchey stems, until realising that the On One cnc ones were reduced to £20 and weighed the same 🙂

Is that seat at the right height for you?

sunline ones on CRC were down to 25 as well - but i wanted to stick with Ritchey bars and stem. Was only £50 though.
and yeah, its the right height - i'm only 5'10"...

i'd put better security on that door

padlocked, alarmed and giant chain for the bike with a wall&floor anchor.... 😉

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Nice but brake angles??

This is on my current wants list will be really interested in your ride review. At just a smidge under 6 foot I,m wondering what size would be best for me, plus how the dt forks are compared to the slighlty more expensive fox equipped version

Nice but brake angles??

interested in your ride review

Edit: Double git I notice your in Bristol too so I won't be the only person with one here
What size is yours?

You,ll need to buy matching lycra too 🙂

well i ride naked so thats out.... 😆

Very nice and certainly on the wish list.

Are the forks the Mg lowers? I imagine so at the price of the bike. VBery tempting!

[url= http://www.dtswiss.com/Products/Suspension/DT-Swiss-Forks/XMM-Forks/XMM-100-29-(1).aspx ]yep - magnisum lowers[/url]

Mine has also arrived, but I think my C456 has just had its way with my (aherm) road bike and the canyon arrived...

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And, yes, the fence is in a shocking state...

Thats very nice, kind of puts me in mind of this.
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🙂

andyl46 - Member

And, yes, the fence is in a shocking state...

Virginia?

flatboy - brilliant 😆 although I think they are favouring lethal injection more these days

Nice bike btw...

Am well-gell 😥 thats the bike I am wanting next

very very nice that is

Ok - just back from the 1st ride...
and i can safely say i'm now a compleate 29er convert...
bear in mind my last bike was a 26" 'shopper' though:[url= ]linky[/url] so its a contrast to say the least.

I've riden a couple 29er before - but only in a around the car park and 'can i have a go for the next 100yrds' kinda way. First impression is this thing is fast! it just begs for speed - i did a couple laps at Ashton Court, quite a few times found myself haveing to grab handfulls of brake (un bedded i), as i was going far too quick in some sections... none of this 'it'll handle slow' or it'll be like a gate, its def quicker than my old 26" carbon race bike (prior to the shopper).
Forks are great, plenty stiff - not the supplest of rides at the mo, but i'm sure they'll bed in well.
This bike loves going fast though - loads of grip on the ups and not a bit of the big wheel feel on the pump track like sections. Here and there, where the woops are tightly spaced, i had to hop though as uposed to pump - purely due to wheel size. But I lost all doubts that i had... its just a great fun bike!
i do have a numb bum from the saddle though 😳 , but i was expecting that...

What chainrings did yours come with? The 36/22 specced on the website seems a bit 'limp'.

Mine's on its way!

What chainrings did yours come with? The 36/22 specced on the website seems a bit 'limp'.

29ers need lower gears [s]to help cary our ego's up the hill[/s] because the rear wheel is 10% biggger (36 * ~1.1 = ~40).

How did DT manage to make a set of 100mm forks with a rider weight limit, weigh more than my 150mm sektors?

Will double check when I get home, but 1st gear was very, very week from memory.

Yeah, I ride 40/28 at the moment ('man's gears' as Njee would say) - but Canyon won't change. Fair enough - I'll give it a go.

How did DT manage to make a set of 100mm forks with a rider weight limit, weigh more than my 150mm sektors?

Hardly

Nice bike btw monkeyboyjc.

What chainrings did yours come with? The 36/22 specced on the website seems a bit 'limp'.

Mine's on its way!

Nice bike btw monkeyboyjc

Yeah, I ride 40/28 at the moment ('man's gears' as Njee would say) - but Canyon won't change. Fair enough - I'll give it a go.

Er no, man's gears is a single ring. 38t on a 29er. MTFU.

and then 36 for UPS to deliver it to me in Bristol from the Bristol Depo 1mile away from my house!

P.S. Nice bike

Er no, man's gears is a single ring. 38t on a 29er. MTFU.

At least I can ride over roots.

looks like a Superfly
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yeah - but not carbon 😥

stevewhyte - Member

[b]How did DT manage to make a set of 100mm forks with a rider weight limit, weigh more than my 150mm sektors? [/b]

Hardly

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Rock Shox Revelation RCT3 Dual Air Forks 2012 Specifications:
Weight; 26": 1636g

DT Swiss XRM 100 Single Shot Forks 2012:
Weight: 1550g

OK, not quite, but almost (both QR 26" versions)

also - the revelations are for 26" wheels, the dt swiss are for 29" wheels - they are 1.5" longer.

Mine arrived yesterday, a week after ordering. Really like it, took it for a shakedown ride and was impressed with the way it holds speed. Looking forward to a proper ride at the weekend and then it's getting christened at Sherwood NPS.

Needs to go on a diet though, there was a separate delivery van carrying the cassette it came with.

Still waiting for mine, waiting to hear back from Canyon as I think they messed my order up as ordered back in January.
When did you order yours and what size and colour?

Last Wednesday, Medium, black. As far as I could tell there was a long lead time for any other size.

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Or a Niner Air Cabon 🙂 😉

Nice bike though 🙂

Mines XL but was due for a week 10 delivery when I ordered in week 1.
Having now seen a photo of a XL the M does look nicer in the headtube area, enjoy!

also - the revelations are for 26" wheels, the dt swiss are for 29" wheels - they are 1.5" longer.

Actualy, *pedantic geek alert*

looking into it, the 26" version (I quoted its weight up there) is lighter, the forks on that are some OEM mish mash XRM 29.

The XMM 29 is 1748g (according to the link on the first page) and the XRM doesn't exist in 29er form, but the XMM seems to have the same spec as the OEM's on the 29er, confused, I am!

It's still tempting me to sell my swift though!

a better aproximation (sp?) would be the 2012 alloy niner air 9
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apart from the Canyon had post mount rear brake, bolt thgrough rear axle and internal cable routing..... 😀 oh and only costs £500 more as a full bike.... 😀

It's still tempting me to sell my swift though!

😯 i wouldnt go that far - i was very, very tempted by a swift after my experiance with a hummingbird...

i wouldnt go that far - i was very, very tempted by a swift after my experiance with a hummingbird...

It is indeed very nice. Mines a medium which is great for ~2hour local rides but probably not long enough for propper XC and I quite fancy some raceing this year*.

*Broken arm followed by flu followed by food poisoning mean I've barely turned a pedal since November, so that might be optimistic.

[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/dt-swiss-15mm-fork-question#post-3601568 ]thread link[/url]

for those that have bought a AL 29er - check my other thread, and check your forks while your at it....